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After missing NFL Scouting Combine drills last month due to a hamstring injury, Breshad Perriman knew he needed to pull off a memorable pro day workout to cement himself as a first round pick. Instead of memorable, he decided to go for amazing. Perriman was clocked unofficially running the 40-yard dash in a time of 4.22 seconds, with other unofficial times during his two runs ranging from 4.15 to 4.27 seconds. The 4.27-second time, Perriman's slowest, would have ranked the former Knight No. 1 among all athletes at the NFL Scouting Combine, where former UAB receiver J.J. Nelson had the fastest time clocked at 4.28 seconds. Orlando native and former New York Jets running back...

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After missing NFL Scouting Combine drills last month due to a hamstring injury, Breshad Perriman knew he needed to pull off a memorable pro day workout to cement himself as a first round pick.
Instead of memorable, he decided to go for amazing.
Perriman...

FSU OL Bobby Hart admits that his college career was not what it should have been.
That’s not to say that Hart played poorly at FSU. He was a three-year starter and was big part of the Seminoles’ championship team in 2013, but he never quite...

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And while it's unlikely UCF football will make as big of a splash on draft day this year as it...

FSU coach Jimbo Fisher keeps an updated a wish list of assistant coaches at the ready, just in case.
If he ever loses an assistant, Fisher wants to fill the spot as soon as possible.
So when defensive ends/outside linebackers coach Sal Sunseri left...

Former UCF quarterback Blake Bortles does not sugarcoat his subpar performance during his rookie season with the Jacksonville Jaguars.
When I asked him to put a grade on his first year in the NFL earlier this week, the Oviedo High grad didn't...

FSU assistant Sal Sunseri is reportedly taking a job with the Oakland Raiders.
The defensive ends coach who has been on FSU’s staff the past two seasons is headed to the NFL, according to a report from 247 Sports.
Sunseri has previous experience in...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) — The Jacksonville Jaguars have hired Greg Olson as offensive coordinator.
Olson spent the past two seasons as Oakland's offensive coordinator. That followed a one-year stint as Jacksonville's assistant head coach/quarterbacks...

GAINESVILLE — Even in a profession full of intersecting paths and philosophies, the union of new UF head coach Jim McElwain and offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier is unique.
Long before McElwain and Nussmeier joined forces for the first time at...

New UF coach Jim McElwain took one step closer to completing the Gators coaching staff on Monday.
The school announced McElwain would retain offensive line coach Mike Summers, who joined the Gators in 2014.
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NEW ORLEANS - Jim Harbaugh may have been 1,000 miles away in Ann Arbor, but that didn’t mean the new Michigan coach wasn’t a point of discussion this week as Alabama and Ohio State prepared to face off in Thursday’s Sugar Bowl.
Coaches and players...

New UF coach Jim McElwain turned to Colorado State University, his former school, to fill out two positions on the Gators staff.
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Disgusting.
The Chicago Bears have played awful football in their last two games — losing at New England 51-23, getting a week off to regroup, then losing at Green Bay 55-14. All Bears (even Yogi) deserve derision, led by head coach Marc Trestman. But...

It doesn't get any bigger than this, Orlando.
The sharks are coming!
No, not the San Jose Sharks, hockey puck breath.
Sharknado!
Even as we speak, I can envision Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer getting his head bit off on national TV. (Or maybe a...

Have you noticed?
Late in this NFL season, a sophomoric sense of humor seems to be creeping into the staid, conservative league. Consider:
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JACKSONVILLE — Blake Bortles is soft-spoken and humble, quite unlike the flamboyant rookie quarterback standing on the other sideline who goes by the nickname of Johnny Football.
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Four years ago, there were two names that sat atop the Central Florida recruiting rankings for the Class of 2010.
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BOSTON — The Orlando Magic aren't concerned that the soreness in Jameer Nelson's left knee is due to a significant injury, even though Nelson remained in Central Florida during the team's current road trip to Boston and Indianapolis.
Coach Jacque...

When the name Chimdi Chekwa was announced during fourth-round coverage of the NFL Draft on Saturday, there was one person who was almost as excited and just as proud.
"I really thought he should have gone earlier," East Ridge coach Bud O'Hara...